launch of new gcse spec
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AN EXCITING NEW GCSE
COURSE
Issues that you will study are regularly in the news
Geography helps you to understand what is involved with these issues and allows
you to make up your own mind about them.
Some global issues are having a real impact on our lives now, like the depletion of the Ozone Layer.
Why did this happen?
How can we make sure it
doesn’t happen again?
Why did this happen?
How can we make sure it
doesn’t happen again?
It may be useful in your future decision making.
It will enable you to learn and develop a range of skills that will be useful to you in the future.
Global Citizenship Environmental Awareness
How to read and interpret various
types of maps
Will help in Maths by:
Analysing and interpreting different
types of data
Will help in English and History by:
Using a variety of sources of information
Will help in ERS and Citizenship by:
Developing empathy for other people in the
world
Become a good communicator Work well as
part of a team
Be able to solve problems
I will get into college/university and employers will like me because through studying Geography I will…
• Investigate the causes and effects and possible management of Climate Change
Find out where and why I erupt and what impact I have on people living near me, and how I am being managed
Find out where and why I erupt and what impact I have on people living near me, and how I am being managed
Where & Why earthquakes occur
What are the range of impacts on
different countries
Where & Why is there rapid urbanisation, and what impact is this having on the environment and the people
Look at why there are so many of us living on
the planet, what influences where we
live and why we move to new places.
Look at why there are so many of us living on
the planet, what influences where we
live and why we move to new places.
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
What is it?
Why is it important?
Who does it effect and why?
A study of water sources and consumption
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A study of water sources and consumption
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• 3 x 1hour exams
• Coursework has been removed from the majority of GCSE subjects and from September 2009 ‘Controlled Assessment’ has taken its place.
PART 1 – Local Investigation (inc. fieldwork)
A title will be set by AQA (exam board) from one of the following units:
- Coasts- Countryside- Environment- Tourism- Urban areas- Transport- Rivers
Unit 1 – Exam (25% of overall grade) 1 hour
Unit 2 – Exam (25% of overall grade) 1 hour
Unit 3 – Exam (25% of overall grade) 1 hour
Unit 4 – Controlled Assessment (25% of overall grade)
Mr Lawson
Mr Crumbie
Dr O Sullivan
Mrs Gaygan
Miss Aldridge
Miss Wooldridge
Geography is part of our everyday lives, so come and discover the world around you.
If you would like more information then please speak to any member of the Geography department